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There are different ways we can interact with a shared folder using Windows
On Windows GUI, we can press [WINKEY] + [R] to open the Run dialog box and type the file share location, e.g.: \\192.168.220.129\Finance\
Let's discuss some commands to interact with file share using Command Shell (CMD) and PowerShell
C:\htb> dir \\192.168.220.129\Finance\
Volume in drive \\192.168.220.129\Finance has no label.
Volume Serial Number is ABCD-EFAA
Directory of \\192.168.220.129\Finance
02/23/2022 11:35 AM <DIR> Contracts
0 File(s) 4,096 bytes
1 Dir(s) 15,207,469,056 bytes free
The command net use connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource or displays information about computer connections. We can connect to a file share with the following command and map its content to the drive letter n.
C:\htb> net use n: \\192.168.220.129\Finance
The command completed successfully.
We can also provide a username and password to authenticate to the share.
C:\htb> net use n: \\192.168.220.129\Finance /user:plaintext Password123
The command completed successfully.
If we want to search for a specific word within a text file, we can use findstr.
c:\htb>findstr /s /i cred n:\*.*
n:\Contracts\private\secret.txt:file with all credentials
n:\Contracts\private\credentials.txt:admin:SecureCredentials!
We can find more findstr examples here.
PS C:\htb> Get-ChildItem \\192.168.220.129\Finance\
Directory: \\192.168.220.129\Finance
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 2/23/2022 3:27 PM Contracts